Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Team Ontario won in St . Louis, with Quester-5ullivan (9) second and Team Lockhart (28) third. Lockhart's Wendell Phillips was joined by D ale Bur roughs. 26 S ullivan fo r fourth. T he GTU class leader was Dou bl e Dow n Racin g a nd th e ir Ya m a h a FJ600 i n sev enth overa ll. Mi ller moved into seco nd j ust past the halfway point wi th po sition s five through nine co n tin u ing to sta y cl ose as Miles a nd Tecza were turn ing la p ti mes close 10 th e GTO entries. Mill er a nd Harlow ran virtually tied together a nd at the e nd of the first hour it was obvious the race wo u ld be o ne of strateg y rat her than ha nging on to the finish . Mill er pitted for fuel. bu t stayed o n the H onda as Kn o tt bro ugh t th e FB I FJ in a nd turn ed it over to C huck McCa be - w ho was th e slower of the pa ir. Mill er bega n to put two seco nds a lap o n McCabe a nd McCabe was ca lle d back in by th e FBI p its just into ho ur two, w ith Kn o tt ge tt ing back o n . Bri dg eport Ka wasaki' s ra ce fo r a top spot ca me to an end in th e second hour as Miles p itted a n d tea m ca p ta in Forbes Du gui d a nd cre w tri ed to fi nd th e p roblem. Everyone in th e race conti n ued to charge with ex -Po Fo lks team rid er Dale Burroughs wo rking Tea m Lock h art into the to p 10 o n th eir N in ja. Wh en it wa s Key's turn to ta keover the Ontari o H onda , Kn ott a nd the FBI Yamaha wer e down a la p to the l eadin g Ont a r i o e n t ry . Midw a y th rough th e seco nd hour. rain bega n to fall w ith th e leadin g tea ms - o n slic ks - taking a cha nce to try a n d wait o u t th e rain, At hal fw a y, Quest er-Sullivan had lo st a lap o n Ontario and FBI, but riders Voorh ees a nd Bar enbrugge soon had it ba ck , th ough s till in third , T he GTU en try o f Doubl e Down Racing was fl ying with rider s T ecza and Jim Cox running a so lid fourth o vera ll. T he hard chargers o f th e race co n tinued 10 be FBI as Lockhart 's Phillips a nd Burroughs held fifth a t th e en d o f four hours, o ne lap d own o n th e Doubl e Down entry. Onta ri o sli p pe d into th e lead in hour tw o a nd built up a o ne- lap ad va n ta ge o n Mot a -Guzzi whi ch hel d as hour three beg an . La dy Lu ck sm ile d o n Mor o-Guzzi i n hour three" Sm rz co asted in to t he pits wit h a bro ke n dri ve s haft a nd hurried wor k was begun 10 repair th e prob lem . One lap la ter th e race was ha lted a fter sever a l cras h es on different p arts of t he course br ought a ll th e ambu lances in to duty. Am ong th ose g o i n g d o w n wa s th e Br id ge p ort Ka wa sak i e n t r y w i t h r id e r Da ve Strobel ta ki ng a tr ip to th e hosp ital fo r o bser va tion befo re bein g rel eased . " T h e drive sha ft cracked nea r th e , rear drive unit, " said Wittn er. " Fortunately , repla cing the unit is a bo u t as easy a s ch a ngi ng' a wh eel a nd it took o n ly six minu tes in th e pits." On th e rest art , Smrz and th e Mo roG uzzi were gri dded third from last, but Smrz ex p lo de d and passed a ll but six riders before th e o pe n ing la p was o ver. Into hour fou r it was Moi o -Guzzi alit in front, foll o wed by Street & Com p eti ti on, Lo ckh art , and Ontar io wi th a ll o n th e sam e la p . Run n in g fifth. o ne la p d own , was th e Doub le Down en tr v, T heir r ide had a short de tour in hour fiv e wh en th ey wer e b lack- flagged fo r wh at was thoug ht 10 be a loose exh aust p ipe. Th e team ca me into th e p i ts, wa s chec ked a n d the n sent on thei r wa y. T h e to p four wer e a ll o n th e same la p as th e sixt h h o u r began w it h va rying dis ta nces betw een . Onta ri o was second o ver Lockhart wi th S&C down to fourth . O ntario was closin g th e g a p o n G uzz i by o ver o ne second p er lap prior 10 th e final pi t stop by the tea m s. G uzz i. Ontario and Lo ckh a rt a ll pitted o n th e sam e lap to se t u p a spri nt to the fi nish . " ' Ve d on ' t seem to hav e a nv m id range power ," sa id Ontario's' Lynn Mill er as h e waited for teammate Ed Key to pi t. " We had to cha nge a warpe d bra ke rotor and after th a t we began 10 turn some very co m p etitive lap times." Mill er to ok over a fter a q ui ck fuel sto p with Shorts goi ng for G uzzi a nd Wendell Ph ill ips u p on th e Lockhart e ntry . About 15 m inu tes la ter Mil ler cras hed avo id ing a slo wer r ider a nd Onta ri o was o u t o f th e ru n n ing. Mill er too k a n a mb u la nce r id e to ge t checked o ver a nd was re leas ed w ith o n ly a so re sho u lder. " I was la p p ing a slower ri der a n d h e j ust m ov ed into my line," sa id Mill er. " I was o vert a king h im so fast I d on 't th in k it was deli berat e. " Quesrer-Su lli van wa s in the p its af ter a crash wh en th eir rid er had bra ke probl em s. Dou ble Do wn a nd Sto ckline Raci ng ca m e togeth er o ut o n the tr ack , but Do uble Do wn was able to co nt in ue after the cras h . T he cra she s s h u ffled the s ta nd in g s wit h Guzzi ta king t he checkered flag 54 seconds up on L ockha rt a fter th ey inh erit ed seco nd . H SC Ra cin g , a Yam ah a FJ II OO e n try, picked u p t hi rd. Fourth went to co ns iste nt- riding Back Road Bandi ts and th eir S u zu ki GS750 wi th Robert Bub a nd Matt Washington abo ard . Doubl e Down ro u nd ed o ut the top five a n d was th e G TU class winn er. Results ENDU RA NCE OVERALL : 1. Team Mota -Guzz i 1M -G) ; 2. Tea m Lockhart (Kaw): 2 . HSC Raci ng (Yam); 4 . Back Road Band its ISuzr 5. Doub le Dow n Racing (Yam); 6 . Juernik -Lubens (Hon); 7. X-Cel Racing (Yam); 8 . Team Rapid (S uz): 9 . Team Visa (Yam); 10 . Red Racing (Yam); 11 . Bi -Wh eet Racin g (Su z); 12 . Yancy Racing (Hon ); 13 . LRC Racin g (Yam) : 14 . Cut Loose Raci ng (Ho n); 15 . Bridgepon Kawasaki (Kaw ). AMA/CC SU.S. Championship Endurance Road Race .Series: Round 1 ·Team Ontario collects SLIR win By Randy Marrs FAI R MONT, IL, AUG, 10 T ea m Ontario, th e defending series cham p io ns, picked up th eir second win of the sea so n with a three-lap margin of victory o ver Quester-Sullivan Ra cing. Team Ontario's L ynn Mill er a nd Ed Key, w ho wa s filling for th e injured J ohn Ashmead , co vered 193 la p s arou nd th e 2.2- m ile, 12-turn co u rse fo r a 425 -m i le tall y o n th eir H onda VF IOOOR . Tea m Ontario has battled adversity throughou t the season . Rider injuries a nd a series of brake problems sa w th e tea m en ter the seve nth ro u nd with o ne w in in hand a nd Ashmead on the side l in es with a badly broken right thumb su st ained in a n accide nt a t Mid-Ohio during a S u perbike ra ce. T eam Ontario ca p tain Keith Perry, himself m issing from the SI. Loui s round , a n d sp o n sor Kaz Yoshima enli sted th e tal ents o f Key to fi ll in for Ashmead in th e next tw o rounds. " T he br ake p roblems hav e been a lot o f troubl e for us thi s yea r. We've . no w cha nged from 16 to 17-inc h Co mstar front wh eels which we borro wed from MacLean Racin g . We kept the sa me ro tors , b u t cha nged fro m Brembo ca lip ers to th e H onda Nissa n ca lip ers," said O nt ario's Miller before th e race. Missing wa s seri es poi nts leader Dr. J oh n 's T eam Mo to- Guzzi. wh ich elected to m iss the ro und to p rep fo r th e M id-Oh io ro u nd . T he st art o f th e six- ho u r race had th e Quester -Su llivan Ya maha FJ 1100 o n th e pole, being ridden by Mi ke Harlow , Bob Voorhees and Toby Baren br ugge . Fill ing o u t th e front , row was th e O ntar io Honda, the Stockli ne Racing S uzu k i GS550, a nd the Fas t Bo ys from Ill inoi s (FBI ) Ya m aha FJ I 100. At th e start , H a rl ow had the Ara ii Du n Io p /Ferodo/ MotoX Fox/ R uss ell Per formance/KK Mo torcycl e Su ppl y-b ack ed m ount in fro n t w ith Mi ller a nd Boon ie Kn ott on the FBI Ya m aha tra iling. By la p two, Kn ott had th e TT FN / Kno tt Ku st orn Fa b rica tion / N D/Ts u ba ki F BI Ya m a ha ro lli ng a nd was bu ilding a lead over O n tario a n d Quester. Team Lo ckhart. with Wendell Phi llip s r idi ng, crash ed o n lap tw o . but P hill ips had the bik e up a nd ru n n ing a fter ch eck ing a broken brake lever. The Lockhart Kawa sak i Nin ja 900 pi tted, had th e lever replaced, a nd was back o ut two laps lat er. Knott co n tin ued to increase h is lea d o n H a r low , who had i n turn put so me room o n Mill er. The battle fo r six th o vera ll wa s betw een C h ip Terre ll o n the Tea m Visa mou n t (th e GTU point leaders ), Paul Mil es, rid ing th e Br id g eport Kawa sak i, a n d H enry Tecza on th e Doubl e Down Ra cing Yamaha FJ600. By lap six, Mil es a nd . Tecza were pa st T errell a nd co ntin ue d 10 d ice for th e GTU lead. Ontario had a two- lap adva n tage o n Quest er- Sullivan into hour four, but th e bi g ch a n ge in the standings wa s th e d emise o f FBI. Kn ott entered th e pits with a b roken shift lever and th e team a ttem p ted 10 repair it a nd ge t h im back o u t. Think ing a ll wa s well , Knott left th e pits o n ly to blast back in two laps later with the same problem. In th e end, th e repairs co st th.em eig h t la p s a nd a ny cha nce o f a Will . Enterin g the fin al h our, both FB I and Team Lo ckhart co ntin ued to m ake up lost g ro u n d. Lockhart 's Phi llips wa s abl e 10 ca tch a nd. pass th e Doubl e Down entry for third as th e race ca m e 10 a close. After taking th e checkers . Miller brought th e Ontari o MOIO-Tech l Dun lop /D .E . Ma china l Am er ican H onda/Spectro/Cam -2/RK/Moto-X Fox 1000R into th e p it s, " We ll , we fin all y got o ne," said Mill er. " T he tir es worked th e best rh ev ever hav e. I co u ld sli d e th e rear a n d feel real good doing i t. It looks lik e we h av e so lved th e b rak e proble ms." Fo llowi ng th e O ntario H onda ca me Quester-Sull ivan Ra cin g , Team Lockha rt , Dou bl e Down Racing a nd FBI 10 round o u t the top five. • Results OVERA LL: 1. Team On tario (Hon); 2. Qu ester Sullivan (Yam l; 3 . Tea m lockhan (Yam ); 4 . Double Down Racing (Yam ); S. Fast Boys From lIIinois(Yaml; 6. Qua ntum Racing (Yam); 7 . Rad ioactive Raci ng (Vam) ; 8 . Taam St. Lou is: 9 . Taam TNT (Suz): 10 . • Stockline Racing (Suzl .

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